Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 18:38:31 +0200 From: "Slawek" <sgp@telsatgp.com.pl> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Strange top(1) output Message-ID: <003401c55711$2d6bb0a0$0505a8c0@Slawek> References: <c21e92e20505100316667e6bd4@mail.gmail.com> <20050510105449.GA6223@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050510134409.GA691@lucy.pool-151-204-5-5.pskn.east.verizon.net> <20050510104018.M750@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> <20050510152646.GA1164@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <1115815807.8809.3.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>
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Hello! In message to <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> sent Wed, 11 May 2005 13:50:07 +0100 you wrote: >> Ah, yes! Good thought. This could affect the width of the USERNAME >> column and push everything too far to the right. If this is the case, >> I'd probably vote for optionally limiting the length of the username >> column to, say, 8 columns at most. GA> I would also vote for limiting it to 8 characters. Even with longer GA> usernames, I suspect 8 characters will be enough to identify particular GA> users (and if it's not there is always they UID view). GA> Doing this would also allow us to eliminate the nasty code in GA> src/usr.bin/top/machine.c which causes top to be unusable on a machine GA> with a significant number of user accounts. See GA> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-April/014275.htm GA> l for details. Another idea, may I? Make USERNAME column 8-char's wide first, and expand it later whenever longer username needs to be displayed - no built-in length limit - no need to scan all usernames at start -- Slawomir Piotrowski
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